For Jaden Derrig being part of the prom court is something he will never forget. Derrig and three of his Circle of Friends classmates are on Fort Dodge Senior High's prom court and will all be honored as kings and queens this morning. "I have really come to like it...
Just over two decades ago, scores of elementary school students spent one April morning neatly packing up their desks, gathering their supplies and saying one last goodbye to the classrooms that helped shape countless students over the previous century. The new - now current - Butler Elementary School building at...
Duncombe Elementary School fourth graders turned March Madness into Book Madness. Each student in the four classes at Duncombe, picked their five favorite books and when added up there were more than 170 books tallied. The top 32 books were then put into bracket format, coinciding with the men's and...
Fort Dodge Senior High School's jazz band also performed at the annual Iowa Jazz Championships competition. Led by Director Al Paulson, students Abby Meyer, Makenna Kammerer, Halley Folsom, Bo Tracy, Alijah Henry, Britta McCollum, Dennis Morgan, Aaron Amhof, Brayden Schmeider, Colton Hale, Gavin Piper, Rylie Reed, Carter Hanson, Sydney Gebers,...
Flashlight in hand, Yarie Hankinson-Avila sat in the middle of the Butler Elementary School gym as she buried her nose in a "Babysitter's Club" book while darkness enveloped her Thursday afternoon. Hankinson-Avila, 7, and the other students at the Dodger Academy after school program were joined by members of the...
The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce its students and employee of the month for April. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school and one high school student, as well as one staff member monthly for exceeding expectations. Harper Lampe is the Elementary Student of the...
Forty Fort Dodge Senior High students were inducted into the National Honor Society (NHS) on Sunday, March 27. Junior and senior students are selected based on criteria from the pillars of scholarship, character, leadership and service both in and out of school. The FDSH 2022 NHS inductees include: Seniors: Filipe...
Fort Dodge Senior High students prepared 38 entries for the Iowa High School Speech Association State Individual Speech Contest held March 12. These students qualified for State by receiving Division I ratings at the District level competition last month. Twenty-eight Fort Dodge Senior High performers received Division I ratings at...
Fort Dodge Senior High’s speech team had a successful individual speech season. Eight individual performances were selected for All State Speech honors. This is the highest honor a speech participant can receive. Representing FDSH as All State participants are: Malaney Butrick in Literary Program with “In a Barbie World” Amelia...
"I'm here to help you think a little differently." That was one of the first things author and illustrator Mike Artell told the students at Feelhaver Elementary School Wednesday afternoon. Artell, a New Orleans native, has visited the Fort Dodge schools before, but last year, he had to speak with...
